Maize is an "absurdist" adventure about sentient corn

This is what happens when government scientists don't pay attention to their notes.

Every now and then a piece of email lands in my inbox that I cannot ignore. Like this, for instance: “Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the US Government and create sentient corn.” Sir, you have my attention.

“Maize is an absurdist, first-person adventure with a cornucopia of highbrow puzzles to solve, talking oddities to meet, and mysteries to be harvested,” developer Finish Line Games said, that will take its cues from Monty Python and “the funnier episodes of The X-Files.” Players will explore a farm and an underground research facility, and makes friends with characters including a “grumpy Russian knock-off” of Teddy Ruxpin.

Either way, this is definitely one of those games that I really, really hope lives up to its promise. We'll keep our ear to the ground (Get it? “Ear” to the ground? Because it's corn, right?) and let you know when we learn more.